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Global Health Advisory Committee

Kant Bangdiwala, co-chair of the Global Health Advisory Committee, speaks to students at the GH Discussion Series dinner.

The Global Health Advisory Committee (GHAC) serves in an advisory capacity to the Office of Global Health on such topics as curriculum, policy issues, seminar speakers, fundraising, and grants, among many other areas. The GHAC includes representatives from each department in the Gillings School of Global Public Health, as well as members from the Student Global Health Committee, School of Medicine, Health Sciences Library, Center for Global Initiatives, Carolina Asia Center, and SPH alumni, as well as from organizations in the Research Triangle Park area including Family Health International, RTI International, IntraHealth, ABT Associates and IPAS.

Each departmental representative serves as the Certificate in Global Health advisor to their department. These faculty are primary resources for students interested in global health in their departments.

GHAC Members: 2009-2010

Shrikant "Kant" Bangdiwala, PhD, Co-chair

Research Professor, Department of Biostatistics

UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health

Bruce Fried, PhD, Co-chair

Associate Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management

UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health

Margaret "Peggy" Bentley, PhD

Associate Dean for Global Health

Professor, Department of Nutrition

UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health

Martha Carlough, MD, MPH

Director, Office of International Activities

Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine

UNC School of Medicine

Myron "Mike" Cohen, MD

Associate Vice Chancellor for Global Health

Director, UNC Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases

Daniel Cothran

Co-president, Student Global Health Committee

MPH Student, Department of Health Behavior and Health Education

UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health

Dean Harris, JD

Clinical Associate Professor
Department of Health Policy and Management

UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health

Rebecca Kohler

Vice President of External Affairs

IntraHealth International

Brooke Levandowski, PhD

Senior Research and Evaluation Associate

IPAS

Mellanye Lackey, MSI

Public Health Information Specialist

UNC Health Sciences Library

James Lea, PhD

Professor, Department of Family Medicine

UNC School of Medicine

Pia Macdonald, PhD

Director, NC Center for Public Health Preparedness

Latin America Projects Coordinator, UNC Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases

Research Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology

UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health

Francesca Florey
Director of Program Management, Carolina Public Health Solutions

UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health

Suzanne Maman, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Health Behavior and Health Education

UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health

Bernadette Marriott, PhD

Principal Associate, Nutrition and Health Research

Abt Associates, Inc.

Tom Martineau, MA

China Projects Manager, Global Research Institute, UNC

Elizabeth Morris
President of the Daniel A. Okun Chapter of Engineers Without Borders at UNC-Chapel Hill
MS Student, Department Environmental Sciences & Engineering; UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health

Barry Popkin, PhD

Director, UNC Interdisciplinary Center for Obesity

Professor, Department of Nutrition

UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health

Peyton Purcell

Graduate Research Assistant, Office of Global Health

MPH Student, Department of Health Behavior and Health Education

UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health

Doris Rouse, PhD

Director of Global Health Technologies

RTI International

Lucy Siegel, MPH

Knowledge Management

Family Health International

Phillip Singer, PhD

Dan Okun Distinguished Professor of Environmental Engineering, Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering

UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health

Ilene Speizer, PhD

Research Associate Professor, Department of Maternal and Child Health

UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health

David Steffen, DrPH

Clinical Assistant Professor, Public Health Leadership Program

UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health

Niklaus Steiner, PhD

Director

UNC Center for Global Initiatives

Juliana Thornton

Co-president, Student Global Health Committee

MPH Student, Department of Maternal and Child Health

UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health

Gretchen Van Vliet, MPH

Director, Office of Global Health

UNC Gillings School of Global Health
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Public Health Leadership Program
UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health

Barbara "Bobbi" Wallace, MPH

Associate Director of Development, Corporations and Foundations, Office of External Affairs

UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health

Melissa Watt, PhD

Alumna

UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health

Associate in Research

Duke Global Health Institute

Sharon Weir, PhD

Research Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology

UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health

Last updated January 13, 2010